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Just the other day someone asked me "Do you believe [in God]?" I replied "everything is technology". I referred him to just this type story. Speech is technolog
by usermac 8y ago
Just the other day someone asked me "Do you believe [in God]?" I replied "everything is technology". I referred him to just this type story. Speech is technology. Writing is technology and therefore stories are too technology. Everything we hear or read from man is manmade. He paused and thoughtfully said "I never thought about it that way."
- jackstraw14 8y agoAll that stuff is the product of human systems, but what about the systems that produce the human?
- DecoPerson 8y agoAlso technology, or random chance. If God exists, he is an explainable piece of "technology". He could be a very powerful one that deserves our respect, but he is explainable. Everything is explainable... eventually.
- xaedes 8y agoTechnology is our God nowadays.
- creep 8y agoRemember the days when we all thought everything was deterministic?
- yellowapple 8y agoIf something is "non-deterministic", then it is insufficiently understood.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoIf God is God, then no, he's not "an explainable piece of technology". Very much not.
- elboru 8y agoAn AGI could say the same about humans.
- zaccus 8y agoThat seems like an overly expansive definition to me. If everything is technology, then the word "technology" ceases to have meaning, no? How exactly is speech technology? Or stories? I get that invented modes of sharing stories, like writing, are technology. But the stories themselves? "Little Red Riding Hood" is technology?